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Program Directors:

Nabil Dib, MD, MSc, FACC
President, ISCTR

Director, Clinical Cardiovascular Cell Therapy
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of California- San Diego
La Jolla, California

Director, Cardiovascular Research, Catholic Health Care West
Mercy Gilbert and Chandler Regional Medical Centers
Phoenix, Arizona

Anthony DeMaria, MD
Program Director, ISCTR

Judith and Jack White Chair in Cardiology
Professor of Medicine
Chief Division of Cardiology
Co-Director, University of California San Diego Cardiovascular Center
University of California- San Diego
La Jolla, California

Director, The Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center
San Diego, California

Spencer King, MD, MACC
Program Director, ISCTR

Executive Director, Academic Affairs
Saint Joseph’s Health System, Interim President
Saint Joseph’s Heart and Vascular Institute
Atlanta, Georgia

Past President
American College of Cardiology

Jennifer Hall, PhD
Program Director, ISCTR

Associate Professor
Director, Program in Cardiovascular Translational Genomics
Lillehei Heart Institute, Department of Medicine
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Nicolas Chronos, MD, FACC, FESC, FFAHA, FRCP
Program Director, ISCTR

Medical Director and Chief Scientific Officer
St. Joseph’s Research Institute
Atlanta, Georgia

Adjunct Professor of Cardiology and Medicine
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
Faculty:

Blase Carabello, MD
Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Chief of Medicine
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Karen Christman, PhD
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
University of California- San Diego
La Jolla, California

Stephen Dalton, PhD
Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

Francisco Ferdandez-Aviles, MD

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Chief of Cardiology Services
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon
Madrid, Spain

Bernard Gersh, MD
Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester, Minnesota

Consultant in Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine
Associate Chair of Academic Affairs and Faculty Development, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Joshua Hare, MD, FACC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine
Director, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute
Chief, Division of Cardiology
The Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami
Miami, Florida

Timothy Henry, MD
Professor of Medicine, and Associate Professor of Clinical Research
University of Minnesota School of Medicine
Director of Research
Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation
Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Minneapolis, Minnesota

David Holmes, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine
Cardiovascular Diseases
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Mitchell Krucoff, MD
Professor of Medicine- Cardiology
Duke University Medical Center
Chairman, Cardiac Safety Research Consortium
Durham, North Carolina

Mark Mercola, PhD
Professor and Associate Director
Del E. Webb Neuroscience, Aging and Stem Cell Research Center
Burnham Institute for Medical Research

Adjunct Professor, Department of Pathology
University of California- San Diego
La Jolla, California

Evgeny Pokushalov, MD, PhD
Head of Arrhythmia Department & Electrophysiology Laboratory
State Research Institute of Circulation Pathology
Novosibirsk, Russia

Robert Roberts, MD, FRCPC, MACC
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Jai  Pal Singh, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer
St. Joseph’s Research Institute
Atlanta, Georgia

Andre Terzic, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Mayo Foundation Endowed Career Scientist
Program Co-Director for the Postgraduate Cardiovascular Scholarship Program
Mayo Graduate School of Medicine
Rochester, Minnesota

Sir Magdi Yacoub, MD, FRS, FRCS, FRCP, DS
British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
National Heart and Lung Institute
Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Founder and Director of Research, Magdi Yacoub Institute
Heart Science Center, Harefield, United Kingdom

Andreas Zeiher, MD
Professor and Head of the Division of Cardiology
University of Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany

Brahm Zuckerman, MD
Food & Drug Administration
Director
FDA Division of Cardiovascular Devices
Rockville, Maryland


University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

INNOVATION
TRANSLATION
EDUCATION
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:

Blase Carabello, MD
Karen Christman, PhD
Nicolas Chronos, MD
Anthony DeMaria, MD
Nabil Dib, MD, MSc
Jennifer L. Hall, PhD
Joshua M. Hare, MD
Timothy Henry, MD
David Holmes, MD
Spencer King, MD
Mitchell Krucoff, MD
Jack Lewin, MD
Robert G. Matheny, MD
Mark Mercola, PhD
Evgeny Pokushalov, MD, PhD
Robert Roberts, MD
Jai Pal Singh, PhD
Andre Terzic, MD, PhD
Magdi Yacoub, MD
Andreas M. Zeiher, MD
Bram Zuckerman, MD